| # | Date | Sections | Topic | Suggested homework | Lab | |
| Linear regulators | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed Jan 16 | HH 6.0-6.2 | 723 regulator | -- | ||
| 2 | Fri Jan 18 | HH 6.3-6.3 | Current limiting and higher current with the 723 | -- | ||
| 3 | Mon Jan 21 | HH 6.5-6.13 | Foldback current limiting and overvoltage protection The rest of the DC supply | -- | Lab 1: Multisim | |
| 4 | Mon Jan 21 Wed Jan 23 | HH 6.14 | Voltage references | HW 1: HH Exercises 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 in the text solution | ||
| 5 | Wed Jan 23 | HH 6.04 | Thermal management | -- | ||
| 6 | Fri Jan 25 | HH 6.16-6.18 | Monolithic regulators | |||
| Switching regulators | ||||||
| 7 | Mon Jan 28 | HH 6.19 Handout: Inverting Handout: Step-down | Voltage doubler, switching regulators | HW 2: HH Exercises 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7 in the text solution | Lab 2: Linear regulators | |
| 8 | Mon Jan 28 Wed Jan 30 | Step-up switching regulator | -- | -- | ||
| 9 | Wed Jan 30 | Step-down switching regulator | ||||
| 10 | Fri Feb 1 | Inverting switching regulator | -- | -- | ||
| 11 | Mon Feb 4 | LT 1945 datasheet | Switching regulator LT 1945 dual-output switching regulator | HW 3: assignment solution | Lab 3: linear regulator - part 2 | |
| Noise and interference | ||||||
| 12 | Mon Feb 4 Wed Feb 6 | Wikipedia | Electronic noise and terminology | -- | ||
| 13 | Wed Feb 6 | HH 7.11-7.22 | Noise calculations | -- | -- | |
| -- | Mon Feb 11 | . | . | . | Lab 4: LT 1945 | |
| Feedback stability and instability | ||||||
| -- | Mon Feb 18 | HW 4: assignment solution | Lab 5: switching regulator | |||
| 14 | Wed Feb 20 | SS 8.1-8.2 | Feedback systems | |||
| 15 | Fri Feb 22 | -- | -- | |||
| 16 | Mon Feb 25 | SS 8.9-8.10 handout | Stability analysis Quiz 4 solution | HW 5: SS 8.1, 8.4, 8.8, 8.10 solution | Lab 6: Electronic noise | |
| 17 | Mon Feb 25 Wed Feb 27 | |||||
| Current Feedback Operational Amplifier | ||||||
| 18 | Wed Feb 27 | RM 123-136 | Current-feedback op-amp | -- | ||
| 19 | Fri Mar 1 | RM 137-145 | CFOA and comparison to VFOA | -- | ||
| 20 | Mon Mar 4 | practice 1 practice 2 (1-6 only) practice 3 (1-2 only) practice 4 (1-4 only) | HW 6: SS 8.73, 8.74, 8.75, 8.76 solution | Lab 7: current-feedback op-amp | ||
| 21 | Mon Mar 4 Wed Mar 6 | RM 101-123 HH 7.22-7.25 | VFOA compensation Interference, guarding, shielding | -- | ||
| Oscillators | ||||||
| 22 | Wed Mar 6 | SS 13.1-13.2 | Sinusoidal oscillators | -- | -- | |
| 23 | Fri Mar 8 | HH pp 229-232 SS 13.4 | Bistable multivibrator | -- | -- | |
| 24 | Mon Mar 18 | SS 13.5 | Astable multivibrator and waveform generation | HW 7: SS 13.5, 13.13, 13.14 solution | Lab 8: Sinusoidal wave generation | |
| 25 | Wed Mar 20 | -- | -- | |||
| 26 | Fri Mar 22 | SS 13.6 | Monostable multivibrator | -- | -- | |
| 27 | Mon Mar 25 | SS 13.7 | 555 Timer | HW 8: SS 13.24, 13.26, 13.27, 13.30 solution | Lab 9: waveform generators | |
| 28 | Wed Mar 27 | -- | Review of multivibrators | -- | -- | |
| -- | Fri Mar 29 | |||||
| 29 | Mon Apr 1 | -- | Exam 2 preparation | HW 9: SS 13.34, 13.39, 13.40 solution | Lab 10: 555 Timer | |
| 30 | Wed Apr 3 | practice 1 (3 only) practice 2 (1-3 only) practice 3 (5-8 only) practice 4 (4-8 only) practice 5 (1-5 only) practice 6 (1-4 only) | -- | -- | ||
| 31 | Fri Apr 5 | HH 284-294 | Voltage-controlled oscillator and other circuits | -- | -- | |
| Phase-locked loops | ||||||
| 32 | Mon Apr 8 | Wikipedia PLL page | Introduction | -- | -- | |
| 33 | Wed Apr 10 | HH 9.27-9.31 | Implementation | HW 9: SS 13.34, 13.39, 13.40 solution | -- | |
| 34 | Fri Apr 12 | -- | Discussion of lab | -- | -- | |
| Active filters | ||||||
| 35 | Mon Apr 15 | SS 12.1-12.2 | Active filter functions and characteristics | HW 10 solution | Lab 11: phase-locked loops | |
| 36 | Wed Apr 17 | SS 12.3 | Butterworth and Chebyshev filters | -- | ||
| 37 | Fri Apr 19 | SS 12.4 | First order filters and implementations. Second order functions | -- | ||
| 38 | Mon Apr 22 | SS 12.5 | LCR second order filter Quiz 9 solution | HW 11: SS 12.9, 12.13, 12.15, 12.17, 12.22 solution | Lab 12: active filters | |
| 39 | Wed Apr 24 | HH 5.00-5.07 | Voltage-controlled Voltage Source active filters | -- | -- | |
| 40 | Fri Apr 26 | practice 1 (3 only) practice 2 practice 3 (1-5 only) practice 4 (9-10 only) practice 5 (1-2, 6-8 only) practice 6 (3-6 only) | -- | |||
| 41 | Mon Apr 29 | SS 12.6 | Estimated final grades Filters based on inductor replacement | HW 12: SS 12.33, 12.34, 12.43, 12.44, 12.48, 12.49, 12.50 solution | Lab 13: active filters | |
| 42 | Wed May 1 | SS 12.7 | Filters based on two integrator loops Course evaluation | -- | ||
| 43 | Fri May 3 | -- | Discuss HW 12 | -- | ||
| 44 | Finals week | May 3, 2012, 10-11, Workman 117 solution | -- | -- | ||